ESTATE OF LINCOLN v. BRIGGS

No. 55019.

199 N.W.2d 337 (1972)

In the Matter of the ESTATE of Ruth E. LINCOLN, Deceased, Robert C. Lincoln, Executor of the Estate of Ruth E. Lincoln, Deceased, Appellant, v. D. G. BRIGGS, Director of Revenue Iowa Department of Revenue, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 29, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bierman & Bierman, Grinnell, for appellant.

Richard C. Turner, Atty. Gen., George W. Murray, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., and Harry M. Griger, Asst. Atty. Gen., for appellee.


HARRIS, Justice.

This appeal presents a narrow question in the field of inheritance tax. The question is whether the interest of decedent vendor in foreign real estate is includable in his estate for Iowa inheritance tax purposes. The trial court ruled such an interest was includable. We affirm.

Prior to her death, Ruth E. Lincoln, the decedent, had owned real estate in Illinois and had entered into a contract for its sale. Her executor was thereafter compelled...

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